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Genesis 47
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47So Joseph went and told Pharaoh, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks and herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; they are now in the land of Goshen."H3130H935H5046H6547H559H1H251H6629H1241H935H776H3667H776H1657 2From among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh.H3947H7097H251H2568H582H3322H6440H6547 3Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, as our ancestors were."H6547H559H251H4639H559H6547H5650H7462H6629H1 4They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to reside as aliens in the land; for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, we ask you, let your servants settle in the land of Goshen."H559H6547H1481H776H935H5650H4829H6629H7458H3515H776H3667H5650H3427H776H1657 5Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.H6547H559H3130H559H1H251H935 6The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land; let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know that there are capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock."H776H4714H6440H4315H776H3427H1H251H3427H776H1657H3427H3045H3426H582H2428H7760H8269H4735 7Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob, and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.H3130H935H3290H1H5975H6440H6547H3290H1288H6547 8Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many are the years of your life?"H6547H559H3290H4100H2416H3117H8141 9Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The years of my earthly sojourn are one hundred thirty; few and hard have been the years of my life. They do not compare with the years of the life of my ancestors during their long sojourn."H3290H559H6547H3117H8141H4033H3967H7970H8141H4592H7451H3117H8141H2416H5381H3117H8141H2416H1H3117H4033 10Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from the presence of Pharaoh.H3290H1288H6547H3318H6440H6547 11Joseph settled his father and his brothers, and granted them a holding in the land of Egypt, in the best part of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had instructed.H3130H3427H1H251H5414H272H776H4714H4315H776H776H7486H6547H6680 12And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father's household with food, according to the number of their dependents.H3130H3557H1H251H1H1004H3899H6310H2945 13Now there was no food in all the land, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine.H3899H776H7458H3966H3515H776H4714H776H3667H3856H6440H7458 14Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, in exchange for the grain that they bought; and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.H3130H3950H3701H4672H776H4714H776H3667H7668H7666H3130H935H3701H6547H1004 15When the money from the land of Egypt and from the land of Canaan was spent, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, "Give us food! Why should we die before your eyes? For our money is gone."H3701H8552H776H4714H776H3667H4714H935H3130H559H3051H3899H4191H3701H656 16And Joseph answered, "Give me your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock, if your money is gone."H3130H559H3051H4735H5414H4735H3701H656 17So they brought their livestock to Joseph; and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses, the flocks, the herds, and the donkeys. That year he supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock.H935H4735H3130H3130H5414H3899H5483H6629H4735H1241H2543H5095H3899H4735H8141 18When that year was ended, they came to him the following year, and said to him, "We can not hide from my lord that our money is all spent; and the herds of cattle are my lord's. There is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands.H8141H8552H935H8145H8141H559H3582H113H3701H8552H113H413H4735H929H7604H6440H113H1472H127 19Shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food. We with our land will become slaves to Pharaoh; just give us seed, so that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate."H4191H5869H127H7069H127H3899H127H5650H6547H5414H2233H2421H4191H127H3456 20So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. All the Egyptians sold their fields, because the famine was severe upon them; and the land became Pharaoh's.H3130H7069H127H4714H6547H4714H4376H376H7704H7458H2388H776H6547 21As for the people, he made slaves of them from one end of Egypt to the other.H5971H5674H5892H7097H1366H4714H7097 22Only the land of the priests he did not buy; for the priests had a fixed allowance from Pharaoh, and lived on the allowance that Pharaoh gave them; therefore they did not sell their land.H127H3548H7069H3548H2706H6547H398H2706H6547H5414H4376H127 23Then Joseph said to the people, "Now that I have this day bought you and your land for Pharaoh, here is seed for you; sow the land.H3130H559H5971H7069H853H3117H127H6547H1887H2233H2232H127 24And at the harvests you shall give one-fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own, as seed for the field and as food for yourselves and your households, and as food for your little ones."H8393H5414H2549H6547H702H3027H2233H7704H400H1004H398H2945 25They said, "You have saved our lives; may it please my lord, we will be slaves to Pharaoh."H559H2421H4672H2580H5869H113H6547H5650 26So Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt, and it stands to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. The land of the priests alone did not become Pharaoh's.H3130H7760H2706H127H4714H3117H6547H2569H7535H127H3548H6547 27Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the region of Goshen; and they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied exceedingly.H3478H3427H776H4714H776H1657H270H6509H7235H3966 28Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the days of Jacob, the years of his life, were one hundred forty-seven years.H3290H2421H776H4714H6240H7651H8141H2416H3117H3290H3967H705H8141H7651H8141 29When the time of Israel's death drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "If I have found favor with you, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal loyally and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt.H3117H7126H3478H4191H7121H1121H3130H559H4672H2580H5869H7760H3027H3409H6213H2617H571H6912H4714 30When I lie down with my ancestors, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." He answered, "I will do as you have said."H7901H1H5375H4714H6912H6900H559H6213H1697 31And he said, "Swear to me"; and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself on the head of his bed.H559H7650H7650H3478H7812H4296H7218


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